Think Tanks Blur the Line reports that while think tanks in general “are seen as researchers independent of money interests,” some think tank biggies chase money from corporate donors.[...] they are doing so while reaping the benefits of their tax-exempt status, sometimes without disclosing their connections to corporate interests.The story starts with the liberal Brookings Institution, of all places, which talked up the $8 billion San Francisco Shipyard project while receiving some $400,000 from its developer, the Lennar Corp. The story asks:When think tank scholars testify before Congress or speak at other events,” the Times warns, “the public is often not aware of the financial relationships between these scholars and for-profit companies that hire them.When Brookings economist Robert Litan testified against a financial disclosure rule supported by Warren, he cited his own study, which disclosed it was supported by a large mutual fund asset manager.How the Left is Silencing Free Speech, Kimberley Strassel writes how politicians such as Warren have flipped the concept of disclosure on its head: The American people know almost nothing about the working of government.[...] disclosure is trained on the electorate, allowing the government to know everything about the political activities of Americans.